I’ve always wanted to like oatmeal but I never really knew how to make it and well honestly, I’ve never really liked it. I know it’s great for lowering cholesterol and fueling those long runs and workouts. So what’s a girl to do??
Well…Luckily I have a network of fabulous blogger friends who offered up a couple of their more basic recipes for me to test out. Let’s see what they came up with!
Nicole @ Fitful Focus (and today’s host) sent over this simple recipe with added peanut butter and jelly. Anything with pnb wins in my book! I am giving this one a try. Pb & J Oatmeal
Janet @ The Taste Space has a seasonal Whipped Banana Oatmeal with cranberry that looks easy enough and super tasty.
So “Doc in training” Farrah aka FairyBurger offers up an interesting addition of silky tofu to up the protein in her 5 ingredient protein Oatmeal bowl.
Suzy @ suzlyfe adds a little egg white into her Cherry Apple Pie Protein Oats to bump up the protein.
AnnMarie @ TheFitFoodieMama always knocks out of the park with her recipes and this Blueberry Oatmeal breakfast bake made in ramekin does not disappoint.
Jill @ JillConyers offers up her “overnight oats” with an Easy Afternoon Strawberry Oats
Morgan @ WildlyFit has a really creative combo of zucchini, peanut butter & chocolate. Sounds interesting! Chocolate Zucchini Oatmeal
Sam @ Pancake Warriors has you covered if you are looking for some almonds & coconut. Check out her Almond joy overnight oats
My friend, Kelli @ Destination Cortina eats her oatmeal at her desk each day or on the go. She suggests using plain unsweetened instant oatmeal & dressing it up with cinnamon, dried blueberries, bananas, pnb & almonds. Healthy options for the on the go! Thanks Kelli!
Hmm all these yummy recipes have me thinking it’s time to re try oatmeal again. Seems like a perfect fall breakfast to power me through my morning workout. Thanks to all of my friends for offering me such tasty looking options to test out over the next few weeks.
What looks good to you? Oatmeal lover?
I am linking up with Nicole for Fit n Fashionable Friday today. Program note: next week I will be hosting Fit n Fashionable Friday for Nicole. Woo hoo so excited! Hope to see you all there.
Lots of creative options here! Thanks for sharing, Deborah! I may attempt the zucchini one this weekend. This change in weather makes hot oatmeal seem very appealing for breakfast.
It does! I am going to try a few myself I hope I like them
Thank you for including me! I needed some new oatmeal inspiration!
So do I! Thanks for contributing 🙂
I actually love oatmeal, but definitely need to mix up my recipe repertoire! Thanks for the round up!
I am trying to get myself to like it!
I love oatmeal, but I just have mine with maple syrup and a little milk. Nothing fancy! These recipes do look tasty!
maple syrup hmmm interesting!
I love oatmeal and eat it just about everyday. Thank you for the roundup; I am always looking for ways to change it up. I love adding egg whites or protein powder to bump up the nutrition a bit. Have a great weekend!
Thanks! I really want to like it!
I enjoy oatmeal, but don’t eat it enough! Great ideas!
I don’t either!
I enjoy flavored oatmeal – the low sugar, instant stuff – but can never seem to get into making it from scratch. These are some tasty looking recipes I would never come up with!
I would never come up with any of these on my own either!
I like putting peanut butter and chocolate chips in mine. I have never heard of putting an egg on top. I guess don’t knock it til you try it.
Everything is better with pnb and chocolate. 🙂
OMG I need that Kale shirt… so cute! Oatmeal is my favorite type of breakfast/snack. I like mixing cinnamon, honey and nut butter into mine for additional staying power!
I love the Kale shirt too-I found it on Etsy. Cinnamon and honey sound good
I love oatmeal on a cold morning! any fruit toppings are good with me! 🙂
I am thinking strawberry and banana will be the way to go
I love love love oatmeal! I hope some of these recipes can help convert you. Thanks for linking up and including my PB&J oats 🙂
I hope so too and thanks for the yummy recipes
I haven’t had oatmeal in a long time…need to get back to it! Thanks for sharing this sweet round-up!
I need to start eating it too!
These all look so yummy!! I’m usually pretty boring when I make oatmeal – thanks for the inspo to step up my game!
Ha I need to step up mine as well! Thanks for stopping by!
I make overnight oats with unsweetened vanilla almond milk, hemp hearts and raisins, and then microwave before eating.
That sounds good. I thought people ate overnight oats cold and that just does not appeal to me.
I am just an ordinary girl in and ordinary oatmeal world. I love plain oatmeal with a huge glob of peanut butter….or maybe I like a glob of oatmeal in my peanut butter. These look delicious thanks maybe I will leave my comfort zone and try one. Have a great weekend.
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PNB is good on everything right?!
I LOVE oatmeal with raising, chia seeds, and a tbsp of sunbutter. That’s all! The sunbutter makes it so creamy and delicious!
hmm sunbutter? I’ve never had that!
These all look great! Now a confession: I’ve never made or eaten oatmeal, unless it was in a cookie or ground up in a smoothie. I have no clue how to make it.
So either did I which is why I asked for help. I tasted it a few times and never really liked it but I want to
It never ceases to amaze me how creative people get with oatmeal. These versions look like delicious! I definitely need to mix it up from my usual peanut butter and banana concoction.
Peanut butter banana sounds like a good place to start though how can that be bad?
Of course I love oatmeal! Such a great way to warm up and fuel up in the cold months. Of course there are overnight oats, oatmeal cookies, and a million other things we make with oats (like my Pumpkin Crisp today) but there is something so comforting about a big warm bowl of oatmeal on a chilly morning, it’s like a warm hug and great start to the day!
I could just eat oatmeal cookies for breakfast! that would count right 🙂
All I can say is yum I love oatmeal! These recipes sound great. Happy Friday
I can’t wait to test them all out!
This is a great round-up! I can’t wait to try some of these yummy oatmeal recipes!!!
Me too! I am determined to like them
When I was a kid my mom would make it with milk, add an egg, and beat it until it was smooth and a little thin. Then she’d top it with brown sugar. That’s still my favorite, if not the healthiest, way to eat oatmeal. Nowadays, I don’t use egg or milk, nor do I take the time to beat it, but I still love my brown sugar! 🙂
What’s not to love?!
Your going to laugh, so earlier this week I had this coupon thing come in the mail for one of those Emergency Prepardness places and they are giving 50 pound bags of quick oats for only $19.95, and since I eat a lot of Oatmeal in the winter, this sounded like a not to be passed up on deal, so that is where I am headed at 10am in the morning, LOL
And I might even get 2 bags, since the stuff stores and lasts forever:)
But with 50-100 pounds of oats, I could use a few ideas, I am going to try some of these! If I could take awesome looking food pics like you’d I’d post them, but I swear my food pictures never turn out looking all that great!
Have a great weekend!!!
ok that is hilarious and a lot of oatmeal. Maybe you should package it up and give out to your friends or send some to me! Enjoy.
I love starting my mornings with oatmeal! 😀 Thanks for this lovely roundup of awesome ideas (+ for sharing my recipe! <3)!
Thank you! I am hoping to learn to like it too!
Yummmm these all look super delicious to me!! I absolutely LOVE oatmeal and could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Haha for realz!
Really! I hope to become that passionate too!
Great recipe round up! I wish I liked oatmeal more… but it isn’t what my body craves in the morning.
I am trying to like it! I really am
I’ll have to share these with my husband. He’s a huge oatmeal fan during the cold, winter months.
Great! thanks
I could literally eat overnight oats or baked oatmeal everyday. Yummy! Thanks for sharing my recipe. It’s a favorite.
I know you love it and I am really going to try to love it too
I love oatmeal but actually haven’t had it in forever! I like to just add ground flax, chia, some frozen berries and a sprinkle of chocolate chips!
That sounds very decadent!
I just had to pin this to my Breakfast board:)
Great! I am really trying to have more oatmeal in my life